The Green Guide How sustainable is Aspiga - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Fashion The Green Guide How sustainable is Aspiga By Jessica Carroll - May 15, 2022 How sustainable is your wardrobe? Introducing a new column by Jessica Carroll that challenges fashion’s eco credentials. This week, she asks the question: how sustainable is Aspiga? Natasha Pszenicki Victoria Printed Sateen Dress, £200, Aspiga Materials The good news is that the floral design is digitally printed in small runs to avoid wasteful overproduction and the dress is 96 per cent cotton, which biodegrades. Unfortunately, it’s also made of four per cent elastane, which isn’t natural and, gulp, makes the cotton very difficult to recycle. Suppliers Another big whoop from us as not only does Aspiga conduct internal audits with its factories at least once a year to ensure its suppliers are following the brand’s code of conduct, but failure to comply means adios, the company will stop working with them. Packaging We’re talking completely plastic free: this dress will be sent out to customers in a 100 per cent compostable corn-starch garment bag, popped into a recyclable paper mailing bag. What’s not to love? The extra mile During the pandemic, with clothing demand down, many brands cancelled orders (including completed ones). This meant factories had to close and jobs were lost, plunging already vulnerable communities into poverty. Aspiga, however, ensured all its orders were fulfilled and, to help suppliers, paid them to make face masks. Carbon footprint On the one hand, Aspiga doesn’t offer any way to measure this, on the other, for £2 you can help offset this dress’s carbon footprint by adding carbon credits to your basket at checkout. These credits support verified schemes such as renewable energy projects and forest restoration. While it’s a good idea, it only really works if the customer is willing to pick up the extra cost. Verdict Beautiful and well made, this dress will last season after season. However, due to its elastane, recycling is tricky. This is something Aspiga really needs to look at as, to its credit, it would be hard to find another brand as dedicated to improving the lives of its workers and its calls for a more sustainable fashion industry are clearly not just lip service. Our rating: 4.5 stars out of 5. A strong commitment to sustainability. Fashion director: Shelly Vella RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Rochelle Humes has launched a gorgeous new edit with Next Shop the YOU Magazine Instagram YOU picks the best new-in buys from M& S Popular in Fashion Laura Jackson has teamed up with Next for the chicest knitwear January 22, 2020 Holly Willoughby’ s birthday dress is another Zara bargain February 10, 2020 The Instagram-famous & Other Stories wool blazer is back in stock August 31, 2022 Lorraine just wore Emma Willis’ Next collection from head to toe March 17, 2020 The prettiest spring dresses under £100 March 1, 2022 Everyone is buying Holly’ s gorgeous gingham Oasis dress May 14, 2020 13 bargain dresses to buy in ASOS’ s extra 20 per cent June 10, 2020 This £20 H& M dress is set to be the social media June 26, 2020 Stacey Solomon x Primark is back for a third collection with July 20, 2020 Searches for this perfect heatwave summer top style are up 5000% August 10, 2020 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved